TURTLE MOUNTAIN TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

EFFECTIVE PERIOD: 2018/07/01 - 2022/06/30

ARTICLE 19:00 - EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

  1. “Extra-Curricular Activities” means student-related athletic, social, recreational and cultural activities, occurring outside the normal school day, but does not include activities related to academic or instructional matters or curriculum subjects outside the normal school day, whether such occur alone or with students, parents or administrative staff, such as (without limitation) staff meetings, parent/teacher meetings, committee work, in-service sessions, marking and setting examinations, or marking school assignments.

 

  1. An eligible extra-curricular activity is an activity that has received prior approval from the school principal.

 

  1. In any school year, a teacher will be entitled to a paid leave of absence of one day provided that he or she:
    1. Performs fifty (50) hours of eligible extra-curricular duties during the school year to a maximum of three (3) days of paid leave for a teacher performing one hundred and fifty (150) hours of eligible extra-curricular duties.
    2. The date for such leave shall be agreed upon between the principal and the teacher.

 

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  1. In the case where a teacher accumulates sufficient hours to qualify for a day of paid leave in any school year, the teacher may choose to take the day of paid leave in the following school year.  The maximum leave allowed to be carried over by a teacher in any school year shall be two days.
  2.   If a teacher accumulates between 25 and 49 extra-curricular hours in one school year (1st year), these hours will be carried forward into the following school year. (2nd year).
  1.   The teacher can use any extra-curricular hours accumulated in the 2nd year to add to the carried forward amount from the 1st year to reach the 50 hours.

 

  1. Teachers will not take this leave on any day of teacher in-service, parent-teacher conferences, administration and pupil evaluation.

 

  1. Teachers authorized to engage in approved extra-curricular activities shall be reimbursed for their proven reasonable and actual out of pocket expenses.

 

  1. The maximum leave taken under article 19 when combined with personal leave in article 4:04 shall be no more than 5 days at any one time per school year.